§ LORD DERWENTasked Her Majesty's Government of what International Organisations the United Kingdom is a member, anti the annual cost to the United Kingdom in 1955 and 1956 of membership in each case.
§ VISCOUNT HAILSHAMThe United Kingdom is a member of the International Organisations listed below. The annual cost of membership in each case in the calendar years 1955 and 1956 was as shown.
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Organisations Cost 1955 1956 £ £ A.B.C. (America, Britain, Canada) Conference on Engineering Standards for Service Requirements Nil Nil Bagdad Pact Organisation — 7,009 Board of Directors of the Walcott Fund Nil Nil Caribbean Commission 40,167 41,375 Central Rhine Commission 4,048 4,012 Commission for Technical Co-operation Africa South of the Sahara 15,576 13,249 Commonwealth Economic and Research Services:— (a) Commonwealth Economic Committee 10,402 10,946 (b) Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control 6,240 6,240 (c) Commonwealth Institute of Entomology 7,488 7,488 (d) Commonwealth Mycological Institute 6,864 6,864 (e) Commonwealth Shipping Committee 290 319 (f) Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux 34,320 34,320 Commonwealth Telecommunications Board 42,000 42,000 Conference International des Grands Reseaux Electriques 15 15 Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 21,200 23,400 Council of Europe 148,651 138,600 Customs Co-operation Council 19,223 16,355 European Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee Nil Nil European Foot-and-Mouth Disease Commission 2,500 2,500 European Organisation for Nuclear Research 520,000 930,000 European Plant Protection Organisation 2,500 2,500 Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations 193,120 251,704 Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation Nil Nil International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering 5 10 International Association of Geodesy Nil Nil International Association of Hydrologists 10 3 International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Interior of the Earth Nil Nil International Astronomical Union Nil Nil International Bureau at Berne for the Protection of Industrial Property 1,000 1,000 International Bureau at Berne for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property 850 850 International Bureau of Weights and Measures 2,400 2,400 International Commission for North West Atlantic Fisheries 901 1,053 International Commission on Illumination 10 15 International Commission on Concrete for Large Dams Nil Nil International Commission on Oceanography Nil Nil International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis Nil Nil International Civil Aviation Organisation 97,552 100,129 International Cotton Advisory Committee 1,429 1,429 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2,070 2,069 International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation 550 550 International Council of Museums 30 3 International Conference on Radiological Units Nil Nil International Conference on Ship Hydrodynamics Nil Nil International Consultative Committee on Radio Communication Nil Nil International Criminal Police Commission 1,894 1,902 International Customs Tariffs Bureau 3,000 3,000 International Exhibitions Bureau 360 360 International Electrotechnical Commission Nil Nil International Fisheries Convention 1946—Permanent Commission Nil Nil International Federation of Fruit Juice Produces Nil Nil International Flame Research Committee Nil Nil International Geological Congress, Bureau and Commission for Stratigraphy Nil Nil International Hydrographic Bureau 3,360 3,360 International Institute of Refrigeration Nil Nil International Labour Organisation 294,700 245,000 International Office of Contagious Diseases of Animals 1,462 1,460 International Palæontological Union Nil Nil International Rubber Study Group 650 675 International Railway Conventions Nil Nil International Railway Congress Associations 80 80 International Scientific Radio Union Nil Nil International Seed Testing Association 65 65 International Social Security Association 820 1,025 International Special Committee on Radio Interference Nil Nil International Standards Organisation Nil Nil International Steering Committee for Co-operative Research in Electro-dialysis Nil Nil
Organisations Cost 1955 1956 £ £ International Sugar Council — 5,512 International Supervisory Commissions in Indo-China 174,869 507,143 International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1 1 International Telecommunication Union 27,600 31,100 International Tin Council 2,000 2,000 International Tin Study Group 750 750 International Union of Biology Nil Nil International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Nil Nil International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Nil Nil International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures Nil Nil International Water Supply Association Nil Nil International Whaling Commission Nil Nil International Wool Trades Organisation Nil Nil International World Power Conference Executive Council Nil Nil Institut International du Froid 1,110 1,110 Institut Internationale de Recherches Betteravieres 6 6 North Atlantic Council (Civil Agencies) 289,343 480,777 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Military Agencies) 983,708 1,445,317 Organisation for European Economic Co-operation 296,278 286,724 Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law 1,341 283 Permanent Committee of the Commonwealth Collection of Micro-organisms Nil Nil Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague 439 450 Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses 150 150 Permanent International Association of Road Congresses 100 100 Permanent International Commission of Road Slipperiness 1 1 Reunion des Laboratoires—Materials and Structures 25 25 South East Asia Treaty Organisation — 8,587 South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Military Agencies) Nil Nil South Pacific Commission 26,431 29,912 Suez Canal Users' Association — 3,333 Technical Co-operation Scheme for South and South East Asia:— Technical Co-operation Bureau and Colombo Plan Information Unit 1,837 2,249 Union d'Assureurs pour le Controle des Credits Internationaux 448 328 United Nations Organisation 1,147,672 1,260,473 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation 236,828 298,744 Universal Postal Union 3,900 3,900 Western European Union 30,000 95,852 World Health Organisation 384,900 385,750 World Meteorological Organisation 7,000 7,500 World Poultry Science Association 4 4 1st Geological Map of the World — 50 Note: The figures of cost exclude payment of a voluntary nature made to United Nations Funds and Agencies namely:— United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 800,000 800,000 United Nations Relief and Works Agency 1,607,143 1,964,286 United Nations Children's Fund 200,000 200,000 United Nations Refugee Emergency Fund 80,000 80,000 United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency 1,535,715 Nil and The Technical Co-operation Scheme under the Colombo Plan 592,367 744,866 House adjourned at twenty-seven minutes before seven o'clock.